Fastener



H. 0. SMITH.

FSTENER. APPucATloN F1121) 11113.16, 1921.

- citizen of the United HARRY O. SMITI-LOF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

FASTENER.

Application led February 16, 1921.

To @ZZ whom t may concern Be it known that I, HARRY O. SMITH, Ya

States, residing yat VLos Angeles, lin .the county of Los Angeles andState of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin a Fastener; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact descriptionoflthe invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

' This invention relates tonew and useful improvements in fastenersofthe character illustrated, described and claimed in my United StatesLetters Patents lnumbered 1,273,100 and 1,341,600 and has for its.primary Aobject the provision of .means for effectively securing aspring in the female member' so as Vto -permit the same to firmly gripthe malemember when inserted in the female member.

Another object 4of this invention is the provision of means whereby themale and female members vmay be firml7 attached to articles, such asuppers of shoes, leggins, raincoats, automobile curtains, or wherever itisdesired to detachably connect two members together at theiradjoiningedges.

A .ifurtherobjectof `this invention is the provision of a fastener ofthe above stated character which will be.simpledurable and efiicient,and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view as will become inoreapparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction, combination and arrangement of parts as Will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is tozbe hadtothe following description and accompanying drawdrawings, in whichFigure 1 is a .plan view, illustrating my invention applied tomembersthat are to be held against separation,

Figure 2 is a similar view illustrating the application of my inventionto members that have their edges in overlapped relation,

Figure 3 is a sectional View, taken 0n the line 3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a similar view taken on line 4 4 of Figure 2,

Figure 5 is a.pers13ective view illustrating the malemember usedinFigure 1,

Specification of Letters Patent.

ing the female Patented Mar. 7, 19.22. Serial No. 445,376.

Figure 6 is arvertical sectional view, illustrating the means ofsecuring a spring in the female member,

' Figure 7 is a horizontal sectional View illustrating the same, i

igures Sand 9 are plan views, illustrating springs to be used in thefemale meinbers. of Figures 3, 6, and 7 l Figure 10 is a plan view,illustrating a modified form of spring,

Figure 11 is a perspective view illustrating Lthe same, y

Figure 12 is a perspective View illustratl membertoreceive the spring asshown in Figures 10 and 11,

Figure 13 is a sectional view of said last female member with the springshown in Figures 10 and 11 positioned-therein,

Figure 14 is a sectional view illustrating a modified form of means ofsecuring the male member to an article,

Figure 15 is a plan view illustrating another modified form of means forattaching the male member to the article.

Figure 16 is a similar' view illustrating the last named securingmeansapplied to the female member.

Referring in detail `to the drawings, the numerals 1 and 2 indicate maleand female members respectively and one form of the male member,consists of an elongated base 2 having arball or sphere 3 connectedtoone end thereof by a shank or neck 4. The base 2 may have a portion ofthe material thereof pressed out therefrom to form a tubular rivet 5which is adaptedto be passed through the article #to which the malemember is to be attached and upset as shown at 6 or the base may have aseries of openings 7 to receive a thread several times for securing thebase to the article by the thread. i

The femalev member 2 consists of a baseB similar iii shape to the base 1of the male member and has a portion of its material pressed outtherefrom to provide a tubular rivet 9 adapted to be passed .through thearticle and headed or upset as Shown at 10. The base Simay have aseriesof openings l1 instead of the rivets for receiving a thread severaltimes as heretofore described in reference to the malemember. Adomeshaped member 12 is formed on the base 8 and has an opening 13 in,its front wall and a slot 14 in its bottom wall that communicates withthe opening 13 to receive the ball or sphere 3 of the male member l. Theshank 4 of said male member is received Y as illustrated at 18 to formtension creating portions adapted to bear against the wall of thedome-shaped member when positioned therein so as to position the endportions 19 outwardly beyond the flange 15 to engage and grip-the malemember or the rshank formv of my invention,

y spring 17 l outwardly, rearwardly i wall. of the thereof when saidmale member is inserted withinthe female member.

The spring shown stantially U-shape and has its endscurved and inwardlyover the U-shaped portion as illustrated at 20.

y, The springs shown in Figures 8 and 9 may be secured within thedome-shaped member 12 as shown in Figures 6 and 7; 1n this a the outerflange `15 has formed thereon an inner retaining flange 21 which isadapted to be bent over the and is of substantially U-shape and its endsterminate spaced from the front dome-shaped member 12 or the opening 13thereof so as to expose the gripping portions 19 of saidspring. v

Figures 1() and 11 illustrate a modified form of spring designated inentirety by the reference character 22 and consists of a subafter therivet has Yportion 23 restingupon the flange 'l5 stantially U-shapedbase`23 and a crown portion 241,. The crown portion 24 forms anintegralfportion of the substantially U-shaped The basey portion 23 ismember as shown in Figure 12 with the base and the crown portion 24engaging the sides and top wall of said dome-shaped member V12 asillustrated in Figure 13.

lnstead of having an integral rivet formed on the bases of the male'andfemale inembers, the rivet'25 may be separate from the bases and isprovidedwith a head 26 and been passed through the article and throughan opening formed in the base of either the female or male 'memf bers,the rivet is headed as illustrated at 2 of VFigure V14. Figure 1d.illustrates Vthis form of-securing means applied'to the male member,however, it is clearly apparent that the same may be applied to thebaseofthe female member.

Figure 4 shows a modified form of male f member 28 that includes innerand outer balls or spheres 29 neck 31. The neck and 30, each having a 31of the inner'ball or in Figure 9 is of sub-` as shown at 33 while theneck 31 of the outer ball or 'sphere 30 is of a shorter length andprovided with a flange 34 adapted to engage in opposite face'of thearticle 32 from that engaged by the fiange 33. The form of male membershown in Figurel is to be used upon an article 35 as Vshown in Figure 2where the adjacent edges of the article are arranged in overlappingrelation and this form of male member may be used in conjunction withanyof the forms of'female membersl and springs heretofore describedandillustrated in the'drawings. Y

V1n Figure 1 1 haveshown an article 36 in which the edges thereof arearranged in spaced relation and any ofthe forms of male and female`members shown in the drawings,1except the form of vmale member shown inFigure the edges ofthe article 36together.V The arupper'of a shoe of thelacing type while the i-may be usedV to attachv article shown in :Figure2 may be the upper of a shoe of the button type that is, the edges ofthe upper arranged in overlapping r.elation however, my invention may beused on any article wherever it is'de'sired to' detachably connect'theadjoiningedges of the article. i Y Y.

While 1 have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minorchangesinconstruction,"combination, and arrangement of parts may be madewithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention vasclaimed. Y y

Having thus described my invention, what lc-laimisz- -H f 1. A;fastener` including male and female members, saidy female member havinga dome Vshaped portion provided with anopen-V ing in its front wall anda slot in Vits bottom wall, said. opening and slot'having communicationwith each other7 arliange formed in the dome-shaped member, and a springincluding va U-shaped portionV and a crown portion positioned within thedome-shaped member with the U-shaped portion resting upon said flangenand with the crown portion in engagement with the side and top wallsofthe dome-shapedportion. Y

A2.@1 fastener including male and female members, said female'memberhaving communicating openings-in its front and bottom walls, arseat. insaidfemale member, and a springin said female member and including`horizontal and side portions, said horizontal portion resting on thetions engaging the side walls ofthe female member. V Y i i 3f-Alfastener including male andV female members, said 'female member havinga seat and therside por dome-shaped portion provided with communicatingopenings in its front and bottom walls, a sea-t in said female member7 aspring including a U-shaped portion7 and side p0rtions in said femalemember and having its U-shaped portion resting on the seat and with itsends disposed adjacent the opening in the front Wall of said femalemember, said side portions contacting with the sides of the femalemember and curved to con- 10 form thereto.

HARRY O. SMITH.

lVitnesses:

F. H. SEIFERT, F. A. THOMA.

